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    The Draupner wave was the first rogue wave ever recorded by instruments, occurring off the coast of Norway in 1995. Measurements found a wave with a maximum height of 25.6 meters in an area with significant waves of about 12 meters. Prior to this event, evidence of rogue waves was only anecdotal from ship reports. Minor damage was caused to the Draupner oil platform during this event, validating the laser sensor reading.

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    The Draupner wave was the first rogue wave ever recorded by instruments, occurring off the coast of Norway in 1995. Measurements found a wave with a maximum height of 25.6 meters in an area with significant waves of about 12 meters. Prior to this event, evidence of rogue waves was only anecdotal from ship reports. Minor damage was caused to the Draupner oil platform during this event, validating the laser sensor reading.

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    The Draupner wave was the first rogue wave ever recorded by instruments, occurring off the coast of Norway in 1995. Measurements found a wave with a maximum height of 25.6 meters in an area with significant waves of about 12 meters. Prior to this event, evidence of rogue waves was only anecdotal from ship reports. Minor damage was caused to the Draupner oil platform during this event, validating the laser sensor reading.

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    The Draupner wave was the first rogue wave ever recorded by instruments, occurring off the coast of Norway in 1995. Measurements found a wave with a maximum height of 25.6 meters in an area with significant waves of about 12 meters. Prior to this event, evidence of rogue waves was only anecdotal from ship reports. Minor damage was caused to the Draupner oil platform during this event, validating the laser sensor reading.

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    Draupner wave

    On the crest of a freak wave Oxford Science Blog


    article of Draupner wave

    Close-up of the event, taken from Paul Taylors paper.

    The Draupner wave or New Years wave was the rst


    rogue wave to be detected by a measuring instrument,
    occurring at the Draupner platform in the North Sea o
    the coast of Norway on 1 January 1995. In an area with
    signicant wave height of approximately 12 metres (39
    ft), a freak wave with a maximum wave height of 25.6
    metres (84 ft) occurred (peak elevation above still water
    level[1] was 18.5 metres (61 ft)). Prior to that measure-
    ment, no instrument-recorded evidence for rogue waves
    existed--just anecdotal evidence provided by those who
    had encountered them at sea, although ships such as the
    British Ocean Weather Reporter had recorded very large
    waves that did not dier quite enough from their neigh-
    bors to be considered rogue.[2]
    Minor damage was inicted on the platform during this
    event, conrming the validity of the reading made by a
    downwards-pointing laser sensor.

    1 References
    [1] Taylor, P. The Shape of the Draupner Wave of 1st Jan-
    uary, Department of Engineering Science, University of
    Oxford.

    [2] Draper, L. Oceanus (X:4), July 1964 - " Freak Ocean


    Waves

    Sverre Haver (5 August 2003). Freak wave event at


    Draupner jacket 1 January 1995. (PDF) retrieved
    20 May 2016

    Paul H. Taylor. The shape of the Draupner Wave of


    1 January 1995 (PDF) retrieved 20 January 2007.

    YouTube. Video reconstruction of rogue waves,


    from BBC documentary.

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